Conducts impartial financial and performance audits of County agencies, programs, and operations, responsible for procuring an independent certified public accountant to conduct a post-audit of the County’s financial transactions and assists the Council in its adoption of annual budgets. The OLA also initiates audit evaluations or special studies, either on request of the Council or on its own initiative.

MISSION STATEMENT:Hawai’i County Charter section 3-18 establishes an independent audit function within the Legislative Branch through the Office of the Legislative Auditor. It is our mission to serve the Council and citizens of Hawai’i County by promoting accountability, fiscal integrity, and openness in local government. Through performance and/or financial audits of County agencies and programs, the Office of the Legislative Auditor examines the use of public funds, evaluates operations and activities, and provides findings and recommendations to elected officials and citizens in an objective manner. Our work is intended to assist County government in its management of public resources, delivery of public services, and stewardship of public trust.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: As required by the County charter, we adhere to very rigorous and demanding professional auditing requirements described in Government Auditing Standards, or more commonly referred to as GAGAS or the Yellow Book. These standards include requirements for planning our work, ensuring that our staff is properly trained and supervised, determining our rationale for the objectives, scope and methodology, selecting the criteria we use to evaluate the audit subject, and ensuring that our evidence is sufficient, relevant, and competent.

PEER REVIEW: Government Auditing Standards require that our office undergo an external peer review once every three years to determine if our office’s internal quality control system was suitably designed and operating effectively. The results of our peer review is located below.

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